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Curious, how were the executives caught? How was it proven that the harassment came from the executives?

kulahan 3y ago
eBay cooperated fully with the investigation and had no interest in protecting the ones who were caught. Maybe none of them, iunno the eBay office culture at all.
- Scoundreller 3y ago
  "Baugh's lawyers said he faced pressure from former eBay CEO Devin Wenig to reign in the Steiners over their coverage of the company." If true, I wonder what else eBay's CEO was hoping for.
- sidewndr46 3y ago
  I think it's highly more likely that eBay executives had an agreed upon story and fall guy. The other option is they are so phenomenally stupid that they hired a group of people who thought it was OK to fly across the country to stalk people.
arcastroe 3y ago
Ah, answering my own question in case others are interested. Seems the bloggers were being followed by a van at one point and they were able to get the plates, which ultimately linked back to ebay. I keep being impressed by ai's ability to perform research for you. "Found" the answer here: https://www.phind.com/search?cache=xzz0am8o9ruxo4wztcc4v7xp https://www.phind.com/search?cache=xzz0am8o9ruxo4wztcc4v7xp
- eh_why_not 3y ago
  First time I hear of "phind", nice that it shows the sources on one side, and the summary/answer on the other. I wonder if the sources it lists are completely authoritative to its answer (i.e. the answer adds no new/hallucinated stuff that's not in the sources), or whether the sources are just "relevant".
  - sjfjsjdjwvwvc 3y ago
    I wouldn’t say the sources are 100% authoritative but in my experience the answers are basically what the sources say - haven’t experienced hallucinations on phind after months of daily use. Depending on the case it is still good to confirm with the source. I love that it gives you a good summary of the source and links to it. It’s my replacement for trad search engines now.
- singleshot_ 3y ago
  It’s also outlined in the civil complaint starting at page 36. If your AI happens to be making stuff up, this might be a better place to start.

eBay cooperated fully with the investigation and had no interest in protecting the ones who were caught. Maybe none of them, iunno the eBay office culture at all.

Scoundreller 3y ago
"Baugh's lawyers said he faced pressure from former eBay CEO Devin Wenig to reign in the Steiners over their coverage of the company." If true, I wonder what else eBay's CEO was hoping for.
sidewndr46 3y ago
I think it's highly more likely that eBay executives had an agreed upon story and fall guy. The other option is they are so phenomenally stupid that they hired a group of people who thought it was OK to fly across the country to stalk people.

arcastroe 3y ago

Ah, answering my own question in case others are interested. Seems the bloggers were being followed by a van at one point and they were able to get the plates, which ultimately linked back to ebay. I keep being impressed by ai's ability to perform research for you. "Found" the answer here: https://www.phind.com/search?cache=xzz0am8o9ruxo4wztcc4v7xp https://www.phind.com/search?cache=xzz0am8o9ruxo4wztcc4v7xp

eh_why_not 3y ago
First time I hear of "phind", nice that it shows the sources on one side, and the summary/answer on the other. I wonder if the sources it lists are completely authoritative to its answer (i.e. the answer adds no new/hallucinated stuff that's not in the sources), or whether the sources are just "relevant".
- sjfjsjdjwvwvc 3y ago
  I wouldn’t say the sources are 100% authoritative but in my experience the answers are basically what the sources say - haven’t experienced hallucinations on phind after months of daily use. Depending on the case it is still good to confirm with the source. I love that it gives you a good summary of the source and links to it. It’s my replacement for trad search engines now.
singleshot_ 3y ago
It’s also outlined in the civil complaint starting at page 36. If your AI happens to be making stuff up, this might be a better place to start.